Privatizing Space: An Illustrated History of the Quest to Affordable and Profitable Spaceflight
暫譯: 太空私有化：可負擔且盈利的太空飛行探索插圖歷史

de Chiara, Giuseppe, Sivolella, Davide

Privatizing Space: An Illustrated History of the Quest to Affordable and Profitable Spaceflight
  • 出版商: Springer
  • 出版日期: 2025-08-31
  • 售價: $1,910
  • 貴賓價: 9.5 折 $1,814
  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 309
  • 裝訂: Hardcover - also called cloth, retail trade, or trade
  • ISBN: 3031894138
  • ISBN-13: 9783031894138
  • 相關分類: 理工類

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商品描述

This book is a fast-paced account supported by striking, compelling renderings of how spaceflight has been forever changed since NASA heralded the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program on January 18th, 2006. Spaceflight was once a clunky affair, ruled by inefficient cost-plus models that gravely hampered the rapid pace of innovation while extorting a tremendous ransom to the taxpayers.

In a single volume, you will embark on a thrilling journey of how major and lesser-known launcher and spacecraft manufacturers have devoted their resources to bring forward a vision of profit by rapid innovation offering transportation services from LEO through cis-lunar space and beyond Earth's sphere of influence. This book recognizes NASA's COTS program as a pivot point in the history of the space agency and worldwide space industry and charts two story arcs, before COTS (BC) and after COTS (AC). The reader will understand how much the space industry has benefitted from the introduction of COTS in the pursuit of making humankind a spacefaring civilization.

This book will feature numerous stunning, original illustrations, cross sections, close-up views and many more, meticulously crafted by renowned space artist Giuseppe De Chiara. As the saying goes, "a picture is worth a thousand words" and these stunning images will capture the reader offering an exclusive intellectual experience.

商品描述(中文翻譯)

這本書以快速的節奏敘述了自從NASA於2006年1月18日宣佈商業軌道運輸服務（COTS）計畫以來，太空飛行如何被徹底改變。過去的太空飛行是一項笨拙的事務，受到低效率的成本加成模式的支配，這嚴重阻礙了創新的快速進展，同時對納稅人索取了巨額的贖金。

在這本書中，您將展開一段激動人心的旅程，了解主要和不太知名的發射器及太空船製造商如何投入資源，通過快速創新提供從低地球軌道（LEO）到月球空間及地球影響範圍之外的運輸服務，實現盈利的願景。這本書將NASA的COTS計畫視為太空機構及全球太空產業歷史上的轉折點，並描繪了兩個故事弧：COTS之前（BC）和COTS之後（AC）。讀者將了解太空產業在追求使人類成為太空航行文明的過程中，從COTS的引入中獲益良多。

本書將展示眾多驚人的原創插圖、橫截面、特寫視圖等，這些作品由著名的太空藝術家Giuseppe De Chiara精心創作。正如所說的，「一圖勝千言」，這些驚人的圖像將吸引讀者，提供獨特的智識體驗。

作者簡介

Giuseppe De Chiara:

Giuseppe De Chiara was born in Naples (Italy) in 1968. He is an accomplished aerospace professional who has been employed in the European space industry for 25 years. He began his career as a designer of Parabolic Flights facilities designer and later transitioned to the ISS Program as a Training Manager and Operations Leader. De Chiara currently works as a System Engineer and Technical Manager. His professional life as an engineer and architect has nourished his early passion for illustration. The Illustration has deepened his professional experience. He has illustrated several articles since 2010 with the noted aerospace author Dwayne A. Day. Additionally, he has been a coauthor of four scientific papers dating from 2003 to 2012.

De Chiara has contributed with his artworks to several aerospace books like the ones by the late Steve Pace. In 2016 Giuseppe De Chiara teamed up with Michael H. Gorn to realize several books as the acclaimed "Spacecraft: 100 Iconic Rockets, Shuttles, and Satellites That Put Us in Space" released in 2018 and the book "X-Planes from the X-1 to the X-60: An Illustrated History" released by Springer in 2021.

Davide Sivolella:

Davide Sivolella is an aerospace engineer based in the UK with professional experience spanning the airline and civil aircraft manufacturing industries. Fascinated by flight from an early age--particularly by spacecraft--he earned Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Aerospace Engineering from the Polytechnic of Turin (Italy), followed by a PgCert in Advanced Mechanical Engineering from Cranfield University (UK) and a Professional Diploma in Aviation Finance and Leasing from Dublin City College (Ireland). Born in July 1981, just months after Columbia's maiden flight, he developed a special fondness for the Space Shuttle program. This passion led him to author several well-received books published by Springer-Praxis, including To Orbit and Back Again, The Space Shuttle Program: Technologies and Accomplishments, and The Untold Stories of the Space Shuttle Program. He also wrote Space Mining and Manufacturing: Off-World Resources and Revolutionary Engineering Techniques, offering a compelling vision of how space-based mining and manufacturing could become key to Earth's economic future. Beyond his professional pursuits, Davide is an avid reader with interests spanning cosmology to philosophy, an enthusiastic cook, and a keen traveller who enjoys exploring new places worldwide.

作者簡介(中文翻譯)

Giuseppe De Chiara:
Giuseppe De Chiara 於1968年出生於意大利的那不勒斯。他是一位成就卓越的航空航天專業人士，在歐洲太空產業工作了25年。他的職業生涯始於拋物線飛行設施的設計，後來轉向國際太空站（ISS）計畫，擔任訓練經理和運營領導。De Chiara 目前擔任系統工程師和技術經理。他作為工程師和建築師的專業生涯滋養了他早期對插圖的熱情。插圖也深化了他的專業經驗。自2010年以來，他與著名的航空航天作家 Dwayne A. Day 合作插畫了幾篇文章。此外，他還是2003年至2012年間四篇科學論文的共同作者。
De Chiara 以他的藝術作品為幾本航空航天書籍做出了貢獻，包括已故的 Steve Pace 的作品。2016年，Giuseppe De Chiara 與 Michael H. Gorn 合作，實現了幾本書籍，包括2018年發行的《Spacecraft: 100 Iconic Rockets, Shuttles, and Satellites That Put Us in Space》和2021年由 Springer 發行的《X-Planes from the X-1 to the X-60: An Illustrated History》。

Davide Sivolella:
Davide Sivolella 是一位駐英國的航空航天工程師，擁有航空公司和民用飛機製造行業的專業經驗。從小就對飛行充滿著迷，特別是對太空船，他在都靈理工大學（意大利）獲得了航空航天工程的學士和碩士學位，隨後在克蘭菲爾德大學（英國）獲得了先進機械工程的 PgCert，並在都柏林城市學院（愛爾蘭）獲得了航空金融和租賃的專業文憑。他於1981年7月出生，距哥倫比亞號的首次飛行僅幾個月，對太空梭計畫產生了特別的喜愛。這份熱情使他撰寫了幾本由 Springer-Praxis 出版的廣受好評的書籍，包括《To Orbit and Back Again》、《The Space Shuttle Program: Technologies and Accomplishments》和《The Untold Stories of the Space Shuttle Program》。他還撰寫了《Space Mining and Manufacturing: Off-World Resources and Revolutionary Engineering Techniques》，提供了一個引人入勝的願景，說明太空採礦和製造如何成為地球經濟未來的關鍵。除了專業追求外，Davide 還是一位熱愛閱讀的人，興趣涵蓋宇宙學到哲學，熱衷於烹飪，並且是一位喜歡探索世界新地方的旅行者。

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